A down-on-his-luck businessman desperately takes the only job offered - a teacher in the U.S. Army. His mission: keep a ragtag bunch of underachieving misfits from flunking out of basic training! Be on alert as this unlikely new teacher and his underdog class unexpectedly inspire each other to be all they can be!... (Full plot summary below)
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A down-on-his-luck businessman desperately takes the only job offered - a teacher in the U.S. Army. His mission: keep a ragtag bunch of underachieving misfits from flunking out of basic training! Be on alert as this unlikely new teacher and his underdog class unexpectedly inspire each other to be all they can be!
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| New York TimesJanet MaslinIt enjoys its share of wisecracks, and beyond that means to be a cry for literacy and learning. But as a one-book movie, it's part of the problem rather than part of the solution. |
| Portland OregonianKristi TurnquistThe big underachiever turns out to be DeVito, who is incapable of exhibiting believable warmth and complexity, or, indeed, of playing anyone who is not a cartoon. |
| Boston GlobeJay CarrInherently condescending, and finally awash in warm-bath sentimentality, this setup never goes out of style. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliRenaissance Man is a movie of moments, too many of which are mediocre or unfulfilling. |
| Nolan's Pop Culture ReviewMichael A. SmithHaving taken basic training at Ft Jackson, SC this film had a lot of memories for me. Plus Penny Marshall autographed my "League of Their Own" poster for me after the premiere. |
| Baltimore SunStephen HunterFrom the ad campaign, we pretty much know how things are going to turn out, and her pedestrian attempts at subplots are even more transparent than those in "Awakenings." |
| Washington PostHal HinsonA movie that celebrates the life of the mind and the uniqueness of the individual but does so in glib slogans and is, itself, a sort of knockoff. |
| Washington PostDesson HoweThis is not brilliant emotional manipulation. |
| TimeRichard CorlissWarm-hearted humanism is glopped all over Renaissance Man in the hopes that we won't notice that the story makes no sense. |
| Los Angeles TimesPeter RainerRenaissance Man is a labored, unconvincing comedy that seems cobbled together out of the half-understood remnants of its betters. |
